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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§583a Payment of pay and allowances of officers of Corps of Engineers from appropriation for improvements

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PAY AND ALLOWANCES; TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE › § 583a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When certain Army engineers work mostly on non-military public projects run by the Chief of Engineers—like river and harbor improvements, flood control, and similar work—their pay and benefits must come from the money set aside for the specific project they are working on. Those covered include regular officers of the Corps of Engineers and Army members assigned to the Corps: reserve officers, warrant officers (regular or reserve), and enlisted members (regular or reserve).

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §583a

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The personnel described in subsection (b) who are employed primarily on duty connected with non-military public works prosecuted under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, including river and harbor improvements, flood control, and other such works, shall, while so employed, be paid their pay and allowances from the appropriation for the works upon which they are employed.
(b)The personnel referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1)Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army.
(2)The following members of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers:
(A)Reserve component officers.
(B)Warrant officers (whether regular or reserve component).
(C)Enlisted members (whether regular or reserve component).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is derived from the third proviso of Act June 26, 1936, ch. 839, 49 Stat. 1974, which was classified to section 181a of Title 10 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 10, Armed Forces, by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 1, 70A Stat. 1.

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “The personnel described in subsection (b)” for “Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army, and reserve officers of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers,”, and added subsec. (b).

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

33 U.S.C. § 583a

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73